Rail joint



T. KOZLOSKY ND E. C. KOSTOWSKI.

RAIL JolNT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I2I 1921.

1,404,976 v Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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RAIL JOINT. i

Application filed July 12,

To all 'whom t may Gomera:

Be it known that we, THEoDon KozLosKY and'EnwAnn C. Kosrowsni, citizensof Poland and of the United States, respectively,re siding at'Toledo, inthe county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is aspecification.

' This invention relates to rail joints and it has for a general objectto provide a novel and efficient railjoining means whichwill obviate theuse of iish-plates and bolts. i

More specifically speaking Athe invention has for an object to provide aspring actuated locking device which is entirely concealed when in usewithin the rail body..4

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages Y thereof, reference will be had to the ,follows ingdescription and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claimsinwhich the various `novel features of the invention are more particularlyset forth,

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a plan View of a pair of separated rail endsprovided-with our improved joining'means.

` Fig. 2 is a part side View and part longif tudinal sectional view, ofthe railV ends, the

l sectional portion vof the view being vtaken on the line 2-2`of Figi.

Fig-.g3 is a plan view of al portion of a track having the, inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 4 is a part elevation and part longitudinal section on the sameline as Fig. 2, but showing the rails joined. i

Referring now to the drawings, the reference numerals 10 and 11 indicatea pair of rail ends. According to the present invention the tread 10 ofthe rail 10 is cut 0E at a distance from the end, while the web 10a iswidened considerably to form a block 12. This block has a pair Vofslotted recesses 13 formed on the underside thereof and communicatingboth with the bottom and end of the block.

These recesses 13 present downwardly and i means of plates 35 slidablein dovetail rearwardly inclined to walls such as 13 and have upwardly oset sockets .14 near their inner ends.

The rail 11 has the web portionof the end thereof widened as at 15 toapproximately the width of the block 12, the main body 11:1 of the webterminating short of the tread 11 a distance corresponding 'to the cutout in the end of the thread 10 of rail 10, leav- Speecation of LettersPatent.'k Patented Jail. 31, 1922-.

1921. serial No. 484,135'.

ing a projecting treadelement 11b WhicheX- tends over the block` 12.

The rail' 11 has projected forwardlytherefrom a pair of tongues 18 whichare iush on their bottom sides with'the base of the `rail and are shapedto fit in the recesses 13 in block 12, presenting inclined top'fa'ceslSI corresponding to thel inclined tops 13 of` lsaid recesses. y To lockthe rail ends againstlongitudinal movement. away from one another' 'Iprovidein each tongue 18 a latch 2O 'pivoted between its ends as at 21in a recess 22 in said tongue and having an upturned'endp20 nor`` mallypressed into the socket 14 by a spring 23, the` different parts being soarranged that the latch ends 20 will'enter the open end of recessesf13when the railsl are moved longitudinally toward one another and willbepresseddownward'by the inclined surf faces 13 .until they snap intothe sockets 14.V

To enable `the latches 20 to be depressed to 1 be disengaged from thesockets 14. when the rail endsare being disassembled, a pair of smallpassages 24 leaddownward through the block 12 into the y, sockets 14 andare adapted to have a pin or othersuitable im'- plement inserted thereinto 'depress the latches.

`Additional lockiing means the rail endsis provided 'in the form off-apair off vertical bolts such as 26 slidable in recesses such as 27 inthe block 12 and each having a T-head 28 adapted to be projecteddownward into a socket 29vinlthe tongue 18 and given a partial turn to Vcause its head 28 to engage in offsets 30,-from said socket.- VThesebolts 26 are pressed upwardly to cause their T-v heads to clear thesockets by means of coiled i springs such as 31 surrounding the sameand-bearing against flanges such as 32 on Vthel bolt, `the latterhavingv squared upper .4 ends such as 33 to receive av wrench or span-Iner for turning the `bolts to enter the lheads 28, in the offsets 30.V Y

The bolts 26 are' preferably covered by ioo 4grooves such as'36 in thetop face of block f 12, the 'squared upper ends of said boltsVK meanswill be readily understood from the foregoing description.

The plates 35 are drawn back in the grooves 86 to allow the springs 31to raise the heads of bolts 26. The two rails are then movedlongitudinally into engagement, the tongues 18 engaging in the recesses13, the latch ends 20 being depressed by engagement with the inclinedwalls 13 until they snap into the sockets 14:. The bolts 26 are thenpushed downward andgiven a quarter turn to engage their T-heads in theoffsets and the plates 35 replaced.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as newand desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows l. Incombination, a pair of rail ends one of which has the 'tread terminatingshort of the end thereof and a widened block-like eX- tension presentinga pair of recesses, the other rail end having a projecting tread elementengaging over said extension and a pair of tongues engagingin saidrecesses.

2. In combination, a pair of'rail ends one of which has the treadterminating short of the end thereof and a widened block-like extensionpresenting a pair of recesses, the other rail end having a projectingtread ele ment engaging over said extension and a pair of tonguesVengaging in said recesses,

Vand'latches carried by said tongues and engaging in sockets offset fromsaid recesses.

3. In combination, a pair of rail ends one of which has the treadterminating short of the end thereof and a widened block-like extensionpresenting a pair ofn recesses, the other rail end having a projectingtread element engaging over 'said extension and' a pair of tonguesengaging in said recesses, and latches'carried by said tongues andengaging in sockets offset from said recesses, the said block havingpassages leading therethrough to the said sockets.

4. In combination, a pair of rail ends one of which has the treadterminating short of the end thereof and a widened block-like eX-tension presenting a pair of recesses, the other rail end having aprojecting tread elef ment engaging overV said extension and a lpair oftongues engaging in said recesses, said tongues having sockets in theirupper faces presenting Yinterior offsets, and T- headed bolts carried bysaid extension and adapted to engage in said offsets.

5. In combination, a pair of rail ends one of which has the treadterminating short of the end thereof and a widened block-like eX-tension presenting a pair of recesses, the other rail end havingaprojecting tread element engaging over said vextension and a pair oftongues engaging in said recesses, and locking means carried bysaidblock and tongues and comprising a pair of latches and a pair ofT-headedlbolts.

6. In combination, a pair of rail ends one of which has the treadterminating short ofV the end thereof and a widened block-likerexatension presenting a pair of recesses, .thev other rail end having aprojecting tread element engaging over said extension and a mentengaging over said extension and' aV pairof tongues engaging in saidrecesses,

and latches carried by said tongues'l and engaging in sockets offsetfrom said recesses,

said recesses having inclined' faces adapted to engage and depress saidlatches, and

springs normallyV urging said latches up? ward to locking position. Y

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures.

TnieonoiiV KozLosKY. EDWARD c. Kosfrowskn

